Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Iran's Response to the Internet

This report documents Iran's response to the rise of the Internet as a form of mass media. This response includes the use of existing laws to regulate expressive activity, new internet-related laws, and the creation of multiple regulatory bodies. The regime is also censoring and filtering websites using electronic methods of control. Finally, the regime regularly arrests, detains and tortures journalists and bloggers for their expression on the Internet.